Haymanut Kasau’s family petitions court to allow protest tent near PMO

The family of Haymanut Kasau, a girl missing since February 2024, petitioned the Jerusalem District Court to allow a protest tent near the Prime Minister's Office from September 23 to October 22, 2026, after the municipality rejected their request citing general concerns. The petition, filed with ACRI, argues the municipality failed to balance public interests with the constitutional right to protest.

The family of Haymanut Kasau, a girl who went missing from the Tzfat absorption center on February 25, 2024, at age nine, petitioned the Jerusalem District Court on Thursday, September 17, 2026, for permission to set up a protest tent near the Prime Minister's Office in the Government Complex. The tent would operate from September 23 to October 22, 2026. The petition, filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), follows the Jerusalem Municipality's rejection of the family's request to place the tent at the intersection of Zusman and Kaplan streets. The municipality argued that long-term protest tents could create sanitation, safety, and accessibility issues. ACRI attorneys Oded Feller and Eden Gilad argued that the municipality's decision relied on general concerns rather than specific risks, and that freedom of protest is a constitutional right of the highest order. They stated that the municipality failed to properly balance public interests with the parents' right to protest and demand answers from decision-makers. The family has previously held protests outside Lahav 433 offices and marched in Tel Aviv, and has met with President Isaac Herzog.